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单词 origin
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originnoun

uk/ˈɒr.ɪ.dʒɪn/us/ˈɔːr.ə.dʒɪn/

B2 [ C ] also origins the beginning or cause of something:

It's a book about the origin of the universe.
Her unhappy childhood was the origin of her problems later in life.
What's the origin of this saying? (= Where did it come from?)
origins [ plural ]

used to describe the particular way in which something started to exist or someone started their life:

The story has obscure origins (= no one knows how it started).
The president's family was of humble origins (= they were poor people without a good position in society).

C1 [ U ] where a person was born:

He is of North African origin.
What is your country of origin?

B2 [ U ] where an object was made:

The furniture was French in origin.

More examples

  • This book finally explodes some of the myths about the origin of the universe.
  • We must contextualize the problem before we can understand its origin.
  • We begin our dip into local history by examining the town's origins.
  • The Easter egg has both pagan and Christian origins.
  • The refugees were deported back to their country of origin.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Origins and sources

  • be a recipe for disaster, trouble, success, etc. idiom
  • beginning
  • birthplace
  • born
  • breeding ground
  • come from somewhere/sth
  • emanate from/through sth/sb
  • fount
  • genesis
  • hail from somewhere
  • issue
  • issue from sth
  • root
  • seed
  • son
  • source
  • stem
  • stem from sth
  • the cradle of sth idiom
  • ur-

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[ C ] specialized medical the end of a muscle attached to the bone that does not move when the muscle is used

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Substances & structures in the body

  • abductor
  • accessorius
  • adductor
  • agonist
  • alveolus
  • amyloid
  • atheroma
  • caecum
  • grey matter
  • gyrus
  • hallucis
  • hilum
  • hilus
  • lymph vessel
  • periosteum
  • peritoneal
  • peritoneum
  • phosphatase
  • platysma
  • vitreous humour

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